As Moose says, he's bought several OM-PC's where nothing was wrong
except dead batteries. I just did the same and for $54 (shipping
included) got an OM-PC with no brassing and a 35-70 f/3.5-4.5 in the
same condition to go along with it.
Except for white oxide on the PC's rubber grips both body and lens look
like they came out of their boxes not long ago. The body still has the
clear, adhesive plastic protective strip attached to the bottom.
In the auction photos the body looked terrible because of all the white
oxide and I was not expecting much. The lens was described as "in
decent shape". I wasn't expecting much there either except that I'd
probably get at least a serviceable lens. I did not have nor have I
ever even used Tom's favorite lens so I figured I'd give it a whirl. I
have several other faster, non-OM lenses in this range but, in
comparison, this one appears to be a diminutive, lightweight sweetie.
I haven't had a chance to fully check everything out but the lens
appears just fine. Smoooooth focus and zoom and snappy diaphragm. The
camera appears to meter properly on manual and auto and the shutter
speeds sound about right but that's about as far as I've gotten on
testing the body.
Now to the real reason for this note. Does anyone have any experience
removing the white oxide that appears on the OM-PC's grips? I have a
couple other PC's and none of them exhibit this malady but I have seen
it before on PC's up for auction. It doesn't look anywhere near as bad
as it appeared in the auction picture but I'd still like to get it off.
The rest of the body is just too nice looking to leave this white
residue on the grips. I'm not an Armorall user but would something like
that do the trick?
Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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